Record a tip or gratuity on Sales Receipts in QuickBooks Online

You can record tips (gratuities) directly to Sales Receipt form.

  1. To enable Tips in QBO:
    From the homepage dashboard, click Gear icon at the top.
    Select Account and Settings under Your Company.
    Select Sales.
    Choose “Tips (Gratuity)” under Sales form content.
    “Who’s receiving these tips?” a screen will open. Select the correct account (income or liability).

For Income, select “Just me”. This means you’re recording tips earned by you.
For liability, select “My team”. This means you’re recording tips earned by your employees/contractors to be distributed later.

Who’s receiving these tips? 
This will automatically create “Airy New” template. Currently, Tips template is only available in Airy style.

The default Tips account can be changed from (Just me to My team or vice versa) from Gear Account/Settings under the Advanced tab. Change Tips account from the Chart of Accounts.

Chart of accounts > Tips account

Tips can also enabled from inside the GoPayment POS App.

GoPayment App Tips settings

Currently, Tips feature is only available on Sales Receipts (not on Invoices).

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